Local English word record

deep in thought

adjective · 1 sense

deeply absorbed in thought

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Examples

  • as distant and bemused as a professor listening to the prattling of his freshman class
  • lost in thought
  • a preoccupied frown

Word relationships

Synonyms

bemused, deep in thought(p), lost(p), preoccupied

Source and method

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Princeton WordNet 3.0